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Preliminary investigations on the influence of temperature on food assimilation by rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri Richardson
Author(s) -
Brocksen Robert W.,
Bugge Jan P.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1974.tb04526.x
Subject(s) - rainbow trout , salmo , biology , juvenile , assimilation (phonology) , fishery , fish <actinopterygii> , zoology , ecology , linguistics , philosophy
Juvenile rainbow trout demonstrated recognizable differences in their ability to assimilate useable energy from food organisms at three different water temperatures. This paper describes the technique and computations used to document these differences and discusses possible reasons for such differences.